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Resellers' Regulated Demand Price of 93 Octane Petrol in Namibia Relative to OPEC Crude Oil Price, 1991

Amavilah, Voxi H.S. - EconWPA - 2003

This paper examines the efficiency implications of regulated demand price of 93 octane petrol relative to OPEC crude oil price across 183 Namibian localities in 1991. It describes briefly pricing problems associated with managing petroleum and petro-products. Assuming that demand price depends...

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A Residential Energy Demand System for Spain

Labandeira, Xavier; Labeaga, José M.; Rodríguez, Miguel - EconWPA - 2005

Sharp price fluctuations and increasing environmental and distributional concerns, among other issues, have led to a renewed academic interest in energy demand. In this paper we estimate, for the first time in Spain, an energy demand system with household microdata. In doing so, we tackle...

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Salience: Agenda Choices by Competing Candidates

Berliant, Marcus; Konishi, Hideo - EconWPA - 2004

simultaneously, announcing any positions they choose on any issues. To us, salience is simply the discussion of an issue in a … campaign. If both candidates and voters are expected utility maximizers, we find salience results, in that candidates typically …-Schmeidler to illustrate how robust nonsalience and salience of issues might be generated. …

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Employment in Poland 2005

Bukowski, Maciej; Lewandowski, Piotr; Magda, Iga; … - EconWPA - 2005

This publication is a non-technical report prepared for Polish Ministry of Economy and Labor. The main goal is to present a comprehensive statistical and econometric analysis of employment, unemployment and participation in Poland in the period 1998-2004 and confront Polish experiences with...

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Assessing flows out of employment in Poland: evidence from multinomial logit analysis

Bukowski, Maciej; Lewandowski, Piotr - EconWPA - 2005

This paper investigates the determinants of the flows out of employment in Poland using multinomial logit model based on the individual LFS panel data covering the 1997-2004 period. It focuses on the influence of the personal characteristics, macroeconomic environment, industry restructuring and...

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Transitions from unemployment in Poland: a multinomial logit analysis

Bukowski, Maciej; Lewandowski, Piotr - EconWPA - 2005

This paper presents the multinomial logit analysis based on the individual Polish LFS data stretched over the 1997-2004 period. It's main goal is to scrutinize the determinants of outflows from unemployment at the time when the two shocks have affected the Polish economy and labor market. It...

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Pension Contributions as a Commitment device: evidence of sophistication among time-inconsistent households

Sourdin, Patricia - EconWPA - 2005

Sophisticated agents with self-control problems value commitment devices that constrain future choices. Using Australian household data, I test whether these households value commitment devices in the form of illiquid pension contributions. Applying various probabilistic choice models, the...

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Financial Restrictions, Personal Income Tax (PIT) and Demand for a Permanent Home in a Dynamic Model. An analysis with Panel Data for Spain

Pérez-López, Cesar; Romero-Jordan, Desiderio; … - EconWPA - 2004

This paper analyzes the way in which income tax and liquidity determine the purchase or rental of a permanent home in Spain. To do this, we have developed a theoretical dynamic model based on Euler’s equation. This model is verified using a sample from the 1991-1995 Panel of income taxpayers....

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Financial Restrictions, Personal Income Tax (PIT) and Demand for a Permanent Home in a Dynamic Model. An analysis with Panel Data for Spain

Pérez-López, Cesar; Romero-Jordan, Desiderio - EconWPA - 2004

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Unemployment Insurance under Moral Hazard and Limited Commitment: Public vs Private Provision

Thomas, Jonathan P; Worrall, Tim - EconWPA - 2002

This paper analyses a model of private unemployment insurance under limited commitment and a model of public unemployment insurance subject to moral hazard in an economy with a continuum of agents and an infinite time horizon. The dynamic and steady-state properties of the private unemployment...

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